Microsoft Azure MVP

June 2009 Entries

Many organizations are faced with the threat of data theft, from which legal battles, hefty fines and negative publicity can arise. Interestingly enough stealing data is not always that difficult. In this post we will review certain aspects of data masking, a technique used to disguise personable and sensitive information. Data masking encompasses two key areas: in-flight and at-rest. In-flight data masking is different than encryption; the goal of this technique is to temporarily transform data ......